The North Dakota Game and Fish Department is reminding hunters, trappers and anglers that they need new licenses.

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The new fishing and furbearer licenses are required beginning today. They are good through next March.

Details: gf.nd.gov.

N.D. mountain lions

Mountain lion hunting in North Dakota came to a close this week.

Zone 2 closed Thursday. The zone basically is all areas outside of the western Badlands, which make up Zone 1.

Hunting in that zone ended in mid-November when the limit of 10 cats was reached. There was no quota for the rest of the state.

S.D. mountain lions

Mountain lion hunting in South Dakota came to a close this week.

The Custer State Park season closed Thursday. The main South Dakota mountain lion season ended Feb. 21, when three hunters harvested lions to meet the quota to close the season early.

Outdoor Women convention

The Outdoor Women of South Dakota's annual convention will be April 8-10 at Storm Mountain Retreat Center near Rockerville in the Black Hills.

The group's mission is to promote hands-on education and participation in outdoor activities with a primary focus on women and children. There will be a wide variety of classes and silent and live auctions.

GFP is stocking catchable-sized rainbow trout in the Oahe Marina and in Downs Marina just downstream of the LaFramboise causeway. Interested anglers can locate LaFramboise Island by following Poplar Avenue south toward the Missouri River. The Oahe Marina is located just below the Oahe Dam off Highway 1806 north of Fort Pierre.

$1 million for Dunn project

The Migratory Bird Conservation Commission has approved a grant of $1 million for the Harvey Dunn Grassland Preservation Project.

This ongoing project has been very successful in protecting grasslands in Brookings and Kingsbury Counties near the home of artist Harvey Dunn. The project started in 2007.

School archery program

The National Archery in the Schools Program is now in more than 100 South Dakota school systems.

The program provides target archery training. It started in South Dakota in 2007. More than 20,000 students have been a part of the program.

Details: nasparchery.com or Curt Robertson at 605-223-7700.

Youth pheasant season

The 2011 South Dakota youth pheasant hunting season will be Oct. 1-5.

The season is statewide with the exception of road rights-of-ways. The season will have a daily limit of three roosters, with a 15-bird possession limit.

To be eligible, hunters must be 12 years of age by Dec. 31 and no older than 17. Youth who are 10 years old also are eligible under the mentored-hunting license. Youth and mentored hunters must be accompanied by unarmed adults. Details: gfp.sd.gov.